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Childrens Books : Age 4 to 8

There are 16 items in this category

Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Author: Margaret K. Wetterer, Karen Ritz (Illustrator)
Publisher: First Avenue Editions; Reprint edition (September 1991)

The true story of how fifteen-year-old Kate risked her life in a storm to prevent a train disaster. Also includes photographs and text depicting the Mississippi River flood of 1993.
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Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend
Author: Robert D. San Souci, Max Ginsburg (Illustrator)
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers; (September 1995)

Grades 3 to 5, younger for reading aloud. In this picture book for older readers, San Souci reconstructs a slice of history. After the railroad bridge near her home collapsed during a summer storm in 1881, 15-year-old Kate Shelley walked to the nearest railroad station to make sure the passenger train from Chicago would be stopped before it reached the broken bridge. To get to the station, she had to crawl across a 700-foot-long railroad bridge, with a raging river below. The train had been stopped by railroad officials before she arrived, but her courageous efforts still saved two lives and won her a national reputation. Along with dramatic descriptions, San Souci presents a convincing portrait of Kate's personality, depicting her as a strong, supportive part of her family long before that summer's night. Ginsburg's realistic oil paintings of the storm and the bridge crossing are particularly effective. Mary Harris Veeder
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Maybelle the Cable Car
Author: Virginia Lee Burton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co (Pap)

By recounting actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy. The reissue of Maybelle the Cable Car, with original art retrieved from the San Francisco Public Library archives, is a happy occasion.
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Smokey
Author: Bill Peet (Author)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; (October 24, 1983)

Progress forces Smokey the switch engine out of a job until he discovers a new way to help people.

Told in such excellent, free-swinging verse and illustrated with such vigorous and funny pictures that it outranks most of its predecessors.
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Steam, Smoke and Steel : Back in Time With Trains
Author: Patrick O'Brien (Illustrator)
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing

All aboard for a history of America's trains! The hissing steam, billowing smoke, and sleek steel engine of the train have long captured the imagination. In this informative book, a young boy looks back through time to give a guided tour of his family's history on the railroad. Each generation is introduced by a detailed illustration of a train of the era. Facts and anecdotes about trains and the people who make them run follow each showcased locomotive. Discover how steam engines work, learn why a brakeman's job is so dangerous, and even witness a train robbery in this tribute to that nostalgic, enduring, and fascinating mode of transportation--the train.
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The Best Book of Trains
Author: Richard Balkwill
Publisher: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers

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The Caboose Who Got Loose
Author: Bill Peet (Author)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; (February 19, 1980)

Katy Caboose is tired of being last, and one day a freak accident allows her to realize her dream of peace and solitude.
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